Brinker International

Brinker International is one of the world's largest casual dining companies. Brinker operates and franchises about 1,500 Chili's Grill & Bar locations in about 30 countries. Chili's trails Applebee's as the world's largest full service restaurant chain. Chili's specializes in southwestern themed dishes. Approximately 680 restaurants are franchisees, including over 200 international locations. In addition to its flagship chain, Brinker also operates Maggiano's Little Italy, a casual Italian chain with over 40 outlets and owns a stake in Romano's Macaroni Grill.

In the fiscal year ending in June 2010, the company reported sales of approximately 2.86 billion dollars and had 68,800 employees.[1]